“It’s about governmental performance, and some of the leftist governments haven’t performed that well lately – in part due to factors out of their control,” Madrid says. “They don’t control the international prices of commodities, and so that certainly hurt them. But there also have been a number of important corruption scandals … so it’s not so much that people are voting for the right as they are voting for change”

What you’ll hear in this interview:

– What’s behind the dissatisfaction with leftist leaders

– Factors driving economic woes

– How Washington views Latin American politics now versus how it has in the past